Clicking on NetSpeedMonitor from the taskbar will display your upload and download data for the month, day, and session. To display your historical data by day or month, right-click on NetSpeedMonitor from the taskbar, and select Data Traffic.

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You can also display active port connections with NetSpeedMonitor, configure the layout, and change the bitrate measurement unit.

That's it. Keep in mind that NetSpeedMonitor monitors your network adapter, but can't distinguish between LAN traffic and Internet traffic. If you use a home media server and stream data to your PC, NetSpeedMonitor will count that traffic in its usage totals.